Day 3: Healthy Snacks to Fuel Your Day

[zapleahy]

We’ll be posting a new challenge every day leading up to summer! Follow along and motivate others here in the community, on our blog, or using this calendar.

It’s day three of our summer challenge, and hopefully you’ve tried a few new workouts by now. But today we’re shaking things up with a new type of challenge, one that goes beyond being active: snack healthy.

We’ve written before about how to master your fridge, which is a great start along the healthy-eating path. And if you’ve ever tried tracking your food or searched for healthy recipes on your web browser of choice, there’s a lot out there to help you out. But even the best-laid meal plans can succumb to unhealthy snacking habits. So today, and hopefully moving forward until summer begins, the goal is to check the nutritional info whenever you reach for a snack and try to make the healthiest choice you can.

To help you get started, here’s just a few of our favorite snacks that help give you energy and fill you up – all for under 100 calories!

• 33 Grapes
• 10 baby carrots and 2 tbsp hummus
• 1 banana
• ½ cup shelled edemame
• 2 egg whites on whole wheat toast
• 1 cup applesauce (unsweetened)
• shrimp cocktail (8 shrimp, 2 tbsp cocktail sauce)
• ½ cup baked kale
• 1 stalk celery with 1 tbsp peanut butter
• 1 cup spinach w/ ½ cup strawberries and 1 tbsp balsamic dressing

Up for the challenge? Share your own ideas to help inspire others in the comments, or using #30DaysToSummerFit!

A new challenge will be published every day. If you're just joining, you can catch up on past days in the lead topic: Recommit to your Goals with 30 Days to Summer Fit. This post was originally published on the Fitbit Blog.

[fccsret]

Thanks Allison.  The evenings are the roughest time for me.  That is when the munchies really kick in.  We have been working hard at replacing the junk with fresh fruits and vegetbles.  Had a whole gocery cart full today and none of it was processed food.

[FatalStephy]

This helps a lot. thank you. the nutrition part of weight loss is the hardest part for me.

[Algenon]

water melon is pretty low in calories and is very satisfying on a hot day.  

[squirrelk]

I find carrot sticks and turkey slices really easy to prepare and a great low calorie snack on the move. 

[HelenaFitbit]

Carrots and hummus... YUM! 

Never tried celery + pb, only with apple... How does it taste?

[SunsetRunner]

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@helenarriaza wrote:

Carrots and hummus... YUM! 

Never tried celery + pb, only with apple... How does it taste?

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Did you found out @HelenaFitbit ?

[Kat_63]

Or hummus and baby carrots.

[Kat_63]

Try wrapping cheese or meat slices (If you eat meat) in spinish instead of bread.

[QueenM]

Isn't chees considered processed? @Kat_63

[bdesplaines]

Celery and PB is my goto evening snack.  I especially like the Wholefood fresh ground peant butter. Yum Yum.

[HappyNess]

banana and almond butter curbs the sweet tooth plus has added protein

[lizlocked]

Unfortunately I did not see an entire can of Pringles on this list... which is (also unfortunately) what I just ate. Fortunately I can scan it into the treadmill and find out how far I need to run tonight using my fitbit app. Eep!

[NoraCharles]

I second that on the watermelon....ummmm...get 'em while you can - season is gone before you know it...

[smoggy]

Acutally cheese is not processed unless you are buying Velveeta or Cream Cheese.  Block cheese is not considered processed food, nor are regular cheese slices, not the American version

[smoggy]

If you are Gluten Free, good job, they are high in calories, pretty empty calories and not your wisest choice and not very satiating but if you're a snackster then I guess you gotta go for it.  My husband loves those!!

[quickster47]

I did not see the all time favorite apple listed.  One of thee greatest snacks going.

Carl